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"The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?"

Jared Diamond

About the Program

Jared Diamond talks about what we can learn from traditional societies that exist in only a very few places around the world today but reflects the way people lived for the vast majority of the millions of years of human existence.  Prof. Diamond spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia.    

About the Authors

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at UCLA and the author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse."  For more on Prof. Diamond's work, visit: jareddiamondbooks.com. 


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"The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?"

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, February 24th at 7:30am (ET)
  • Sunday, February 17th at 11am (ET)
  • Sunday, February 3rd at 10pm (ET)
  • Saturday, February 2nd at 7pm (ET)
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